Delivery costs are the largest segment of total costs incurred by the United States Postal Service (USPS). These costs comprise 38 percent of total operating costs. Accurately assessing how unit delivery costs behave is crucial to properly attribute costs to products. This report presents the...

The study analyzes the UPU's current termination charge system in the international parcel market referred to as inward land rate system (ILR system). Based on the findings the study develops recommendations for its improvment.

The study develops a sector-overlapping definition of universal services including the postal and telecommunications sector. In a second step, the financial consequences are modeled.

The study analyzes the regulatory need of a functional or structural separation of the Swiss incumbent Swisscom.

The study develops and assesses models to implement a national FTTH network.

The study analyzes the current regulatory environment in the Swiss rail freight sector from an economic point of view and develops recommendations for its improvement.

The study analyzes need of access regulation in the Swiss postal market.

In der Studie werden verschiedene Modelle des Zusammenwirkens von Strommärkten und Netzrestriktionen erarbeitet, analysiert und bewertet. Vor dem Hintergrund der künftigen Herausforderungen wird ein Ampelmodell vorgeschlagen, bei dem in Phase Gelb ein neuer Marktprozess zur Berücksichtigung...

This report summarises work undertaken testing the use of stated preference discrete choice experiments to measure consumer preferences for postal services. It discusses the importance of understanding and quantifying consumer priorities in the postal sector and presents different methods used...